Lingo



(No Model.)

H; RIGBY.

' LINGO.

Patented Oct. 12,1897.

INVENTUH Elder: Rgiy BY ATTY'S. H

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOLDEN RIGBY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

LINGO.

- SPEGI EFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 591 ,496 dated October 12, 1897.

I Application filed May 18,1897. Serial No. 637,095. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HOLDEN RIG'BY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, county of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lingoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in lin goes or heddle-weights for J acquard'looms; and its object is to provide a lingo which can be cheaply and easily manufactured and which permits a ready and quick connection with the tail-cord and the sure retention of the same. I

The invention consists in the improved heddle-weight or lingo, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved lingo and of a portion of a tail-cord connected therewith; Fig. 2, a front elevation of Fig. 1'; Fig. 3, an enlarged transverse sec tion through the upper portion of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a front elevation of the lingo with the head flattened out; and Figs. 5 and 6, respectively, sectional views on the lines a: x and w x of Fig. 2.

In said drawings, a is the body of the lingo, the upper portion of which is flattened out, as at a and a and the ears or flaps a a thus produced are bent toform a channela.

It must be remarked that the channel a is conical-shaped, which shape is produced or obtained by diminishing the thickness of the head in its central portion a and leaving the 'top portion a thicker than saidcentral por- This is very important, as by this arrangement not only a seat for the knot 19 of tion.

the tail-cord b is formed within the conical channel or, but the wall constituting said channel is greatly strengthened, the thicker As the flaps a a do not come in close contact with each other, a slot is formed between them of a size sufficient to permit the quick and ready connecting with the tail-cord, as will be manifest.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A lingo or heddle-weight consisting of a body having means for connecting a tail-cord thereto, said means consisting of side flaps bent toward each other, the metal at the top between the flaps being thicker than the lower portion thereof to thereby form a conical seat for the tail-cord and a reinforce for the head of the lingo, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of May, 1897.

HOLDEN RIGBY.

Witnesses: ALFRED GARTNER, WM. D. BELL. 

